Charonia variegata Lamarck 1816 (triton)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combinations: Charonia tritonis variegata, Triton variegatum, Triton variegatus

Belongs to Charonia according to A. G. Beu 2010

Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia guichemerri, Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia weisbordi, Triton obscurus, Triton abbreviatus, Triton sexcostatus, Triton connectens, Triton heptagonum, Triton oligostirus, Triton crassidens, Triton cribrosus, Triton quoyi, Triton ovoideus, Triton buccinoides, Triton mississpiensis, Triton atavus, Triton obscurus, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium newsomi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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